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1900s Antique Japanese Tansu Red Cabinets Travel Chests
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1900s Antique Japanese Meiji Tansu Red Travel Cabinet Set includes 2 cabinets with base. Two wood
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Cabinets

Materials

Metal

Large 19th Century Antique Dresser Chest
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period Isho Dansu clothing chest from the 19th century with reddish brown lacquer
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Large 19th Century Antique Dresser Chest
Large 19th Century Antique Dresser Chest
H 39.25 in W 34.25 in D 17 in
Rare Japanese Traveling Cabinet Oi Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
priests and monks during long pilgrimage, this rare chest is known as Oi Japanese. In China the carrier
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Scholar's Objects

Materials

Silk, Bamboo, Wood, Lacquer, Paper

Midcentury Japanese Aluminum Steamer Travel Trunk by Kowa
By Kowa
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare, midcentury industrial style WWII steamer travel trunk featuring an aeronautical aluminum and
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20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

20th Century Japanese Tansu Chest in Two Parts
Located in Torino, IT
Crafted in Japan during the 20th century, this Pauownia wood (Kiri in Japanese ) tansu chest is a
Category

20th Century Japanese Furniture

Materials

Wood, Cedar

20th Century Japanese Tokyo Tansu Chest in Two Parts
Located in Torino, IT
This 20th-century Japanese Tokyo Tansu chest for clothing produced at the beginning of the Taisho
Category

20th Century Japanese Taisho Furniture

Materials

Iron

Japanese American Cypresswood or Hirohi ‘Walsh, Hall & Co, Yokohama’ Tea Chest
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Japanese Cypresswood or hirohi ‘Walsh, Hall & Co, Yokohama’ tea chest Yokohama, 1862-1897
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Wood

Japanese Meiji Period Keyaki Wood Tansu Clothing Chest in the Sendai Style
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period keyaki wood Sendai tansu clothing chest from the late 19th century, with
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets

Materials

Iron

Art Deco Furniture in Wood, 1930, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
, what is "art Deco"? Be it in France, USA, Japan or Europe in general, the similarity is striking. The
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Furniture in Wood, 1930, France
Art Deco Furniture in Wood, 1930, France
H 28.94 in W 16.34 in D 16.54 in
Art Deco Sideboard with Drawers in Wood
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
ideas to emerge. Now, what is "art Deco"? Be it in France, USA, Japan or Europe in general, the
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Chrome

Art Deco Sideboard with Drawers in Wood
Art Deco Sideboard with Drawers in Wood
H 37.8 in W 66.93 in D 20.48 in
Art Deco Furniture in Wood, 1930, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
ideas to emerge. Now, what is "art Deco"? Be it in France, USA, Japan or Europe in general, the
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Furniture in Wood, 1930, France
Art Deco Furniture in Wood, 1930, France
H 34.45 in W 31.11 in D 20.08 in
Art Deco Sideboard in Wood, 1930
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
, what is "art Deco"? Be it in France, USA, Japan or Europe in general, the similarity is striking. The
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Sideboard in Wood, 1930
Art Deco Sideboard in Wood, 1930
H 39.38 in W 54.34 in D 20.87 in
Art Deco Sideboard with Drawers in Wood, 1930
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
ideas to emerge. Now, what is "art Deco"? Be it in France, USA, Japan or Europe in general, the
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Sideboard with Drawers in Wood, 1930
Art Deco Sideboard with Drawers in Wood, 1930
H 39.38 in W 70.87 in D 22.84 in
Japanese Meiji Period Tansu Chest in the Sendai Dansu Style Made of Keyaki Wood
Located in Torino, IT
This 19th-century Japanese Tansu clothing chest produced in the Meiji period is made of Japanese
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Iron

Japanese Meiji Period Tansu Chest in the Sendai Dansu Style Made of Keyaki Wood
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period tansu clothing chest in the Sendai Isho-dansu style, made of Keyaki wood
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Iron

20th Century Japanese Elm Tansu Chest of Drawers Cabinet Set 3 parts Wabi Sabi
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Early 20th Century Japanese Tansu chest of drawers with an amazing wood grain and natural aged
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Early 20th Century Japanese Organic Modern Cabinets

Materials

Iron

Bureau Desk Fall Front Japanning Tortoishell Gilding Chinoiserie
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare, late-17th century / early-18th century, fall front bureau with gilded Chinoiserie Japanning
Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Chinoiserie Desks

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Japanese Rare Early Edo Era (dated 1675!) Document Tansu 30"H
Located in Portland, OR
tansu chest has six drawers within a pair of swing open door. Made of solid sugi (cryptomeria, Japanese
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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

Japanese Antique Lacquer Maki-E Miniature Hasami-Bako with Copper Mounts
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese lacquered box with lid in the shape of a miniature Hasami-Bako (traveling chest) circa
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Copper

Fili Plaza " MAN CHEST" 2012 original resin sculpture
By Fili Plaza
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
? ¿protecting each other? or just searching for his lost soul mate. Since 1988 has been travelling around with
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Japanese Style Cabinet-Secretary Attributed to G. Viardot, France, Circa 1880
By Gabriel Viardot
Located in PARIS, FR
on the luxurious royal chests. But the influence of Japan, at the Meiji period (1868-1912), came
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Antique 1880s French Japonisme Cabinets

Materials

Wood, Paint

Japanese Style Cabinet-Secretary Att. to Perret & Vibert, France, circa 1880
By Perret et Vibert
Located in PARIS, FR
luxurious royal chests. But the influence of Japan, at the Meiji period (1868-1912), came also very
Category

Antique 1880s French Japonisme Secretaires

Materials

Wood

Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
the post-Impressionists Paul Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Paul Signac, and also by Japanese art
Category

1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
the post-Impressionists Paul Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Paul Signac, and also by Japanese art
Category

1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
the post-Impressionists Paul Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Paul Signac, and also by Japanese art
Category

1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
the post-Impressionists Paul Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Paul Signac, and also by Japanese art
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Paul Signac, and also by Japanese art, Matisse made color a crucial element
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Woman with Flowers in Her Hair
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Paul Signac, and also by Japanese art, Matisse made color a crucial element
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1940s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
the post-Impressionists Paul Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Paul Signac, and also by Japanese art
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Guillaume Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
the post-Impressionists Paul Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Paul Signac, and also by Japanese art
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
the post-Impressionists Paul Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Paul Signac, and also by Japanese art
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
the post-Impressionists Paul Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Paul Signac, and also by Japanese art
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Creole Dancer
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Paul Signac, and also by Japanese art, Matisse made color a crucial element
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Creole Dancer
Creole Dancer
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
George III Coromandel Lacquer, Gilt Brass-Mounted Serpentine Commode
By Pierre Langlois
Located in London, Middlesex
. Although the Japan Closet at Chatsworth was dismantled circa 1700, there remains at Chatsworth three chests
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Lacquer

Hawaiian Curly Koa Collector's or Jewelry Box with Pedestal Feet
By Joel Bright
Located in Honolulu, HI
Contemporary chest and stand for storing cigars, displaying jewelry or other small collectors items
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2010s American Modern Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Wood

Japanese Traveling Chest
Located in New York, NY
A Japanese traveling chest of drawers "Ko Tansu." Two double drawer chests latched together, kiri
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Early 20th Century Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Japanese Traveling Chest
Japanese Traveling Chest
H 37.75 in W 34.5 in D 15.75 in
Japanese Late Meiji Period Keyaki Wood Traveling Tansu Chest with Seven Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
the piece to be transported more easily, this Japanese Meiji travelling tansu chest will be an
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Two-Part Japanese Tansu Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted in Japan during the 20th century, this Kiri wood tansu chest is a fine example of Japan
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Blanket Chests

Materials

Metal

Two-Part Japanese Tansu Chest
Two-Part Japanese Tansu Chest
H 42 in W 37 in L 42 in
20th Century Japanese Tansu Chest in Two Parts
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted in Japan during the 20th century, this Kiri wood tansu chest is a fine example of Japan
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Pine

Japanese Meiji Period 19th Century Tansu Chest in the Sendai Dansu Style
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period tansu clothing chest in the Sendai Isho-dansu style, with hand-cut iron
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Japanese Meiji Period 19th Century Choba-Dansu Chest with Drawers and Safety Box
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period choba-dansu merchant's chest from the late 19th century, with five drawers
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Japanese Meiji Period 19th Century Keyaki Wood Tansu Chest in the Sendai Style
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period keyaki wood tansu clothing chest in the Sendai Isho-dansu style, with hand
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Antique Late Victorian Wellington Chest by James Shoolbred 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning antique late Victorian mahogany and satinwood Wellington chest, circa 1890 in
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Antique 1890s British Late Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

Early 20th Century Japanese Writing Box Travel Desk
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique, circa 1900, Japanese black lacquered wood writing slope / travel desk / document
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Campaign Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Japanese Iron Bound Sea Chest, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
on merchant vessels traveling the Japanese trade route known as Kitamae, sea chests were built to
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Furniture

Materials

Iron

Japanese Iron Bound Sea Chest, c. 1800
Japanese Iron Bound Sea Chest, c. 1800
H 14.25 in W 12.5 in D 17.5 in
19th Century Japanese Campaign Chest
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
19th century Japanese campaign chest This is a traveling chest, the carrying handles of the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Wood

Antique 19th century camphor wooden transport box
Located in Eindhoven, NL
, handles and locks. During the colonial era, camphor wood chests were also used for travel as the wood has
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Blanket Chests

Materials

Hardwood

after Henri Matisse - Fern - Lithograph
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
the post-Impressionists Paul Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Paul Signac, and also by Japanese art
Category

1950s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithograph - Woman
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Signac, and also by Japanese art, Matisse made color a crucial element of his paintings. Matisse said
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Japanese 19th Century Meiji Tansu Traveling Chest with Multiple Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period tansu traveling chest from the 19th century with multiple drawers, and iron
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Japanese Early 20th Century Keyaki Wood Tansu Traveling Chest with Four Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese antique keyaki wood tansu chest from the early 20th century, with dark red lacquer
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

20th Century Japanese Tansu Chest in Two Parts
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted in Japan during the 20th century, this Kiri wood tansu chest is a fine example of Japan
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Pine

Japanese Meiji Period 19th Century Tansu Three-Drawer Chest with Handles
Located in Yonkers, NY
handles and greyish patina. Born in Japan during the Meiji period, this tansu traveling chest-of-drawers
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal

Japanese Taishō Period Early 20th Century Keyaki Wood Tansu Clothing Chest
Located in Yonkers, NY
drawers and iron hardware. Created in Japan during the Taisho period, this tansu traveling chest features
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Japanese Meiji Period 19th Century Keyaki Wood Tansu Three-Drawer Clothing Chest
Located in Yonkers, NY
and iron hardware. Born in Japan during the Meiji period, this tansu traveling chest features a
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Japanese 19th Century Meiji Kiri Wood Tansu Clothing Chest with Multiple Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period kiri wood two-section tansu clothing chest from the 19th century with
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Antique Japanese Hasami-Bako "Traveling Chest"
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique Japanese Hasami-Bako / traveling chest for textiles, garments, kimono. Black lacquer & gold
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Metal, Brass

Fine Japanese Meiji Period Lacquered Karabitsu Trunk Hiramakie and Nashiji Gilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Japanese Meiji period lacquered karabitsu trunk of square form and raised on six
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Blanket Chests

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Miniature Hasamibako Travelling Chest Edo Period Late 18th Early 19th Century
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A late 18th or early 19th-century Edo period hasamibako [travelling chest] of diminutive small
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese 19th Century Kiri Wood Tansu Clothing Chest with Three Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese kiri wood tansu clothing chest from the 19th century with three drawers and brass
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Wood

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Japanese Travel Chest For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the Japanese travel chest you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, metal and iron, every Japanese travel chest was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer Japanese travel chest, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Many designers have produced at least one well-made Japanese travel chest over the years, but those crafted by (after) Henri Matisse, Henri Matisse and Fili Plaza are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Japanese Travel Chest?

Prices for a Japanese travel chest start at $1,000 and top out at $34,677 with the average selling for $1,737.